It was supposed to be a normal day in Ponyville. But, as it is known, there are no normal days in Ponyville. Due to Twilight's failed expirement (another one), Fluttershy has to deal with a problem. Three of them, to be exact.

All is well until, one by one, the inhabitants of Ponyville begin acting… strangely. Shaken by a terrible feeling of dread, Rarity believes she may be the only one left to save everypony from the rising darkness.

After his death to the Crystal Heart's light, Sombra finds himself lost in a strange dark void. He walked in hopes of finding a way out, but what he found instead was a beared pony in a pointy blue hat.

After his death to the Crystal Heart's light, Sombra finds himself lost in a strange dark void. He walked in hopes of finding a way out, but what he found instead was a beared pony in a pointy blue hat.

With his dark past heavy on his mind, Sombra is put to the test as he begins a reformation process. Though his mind is no longer crowded with the influence of dark magic, his heart is none the lighter. Let the test begin.

Equestria's relationship with Taurusia, the Minotaur country, is becoming more and more tense. To make matters worse, Celestia is forced to pick between acquiring a powerful yet sketchy ally, or an enemy. She does what she thinks is best.

They say Luna turned into Nightmare Moon soon after she and her sister had taken down the Tyrant King Sombra. What they don't know is that it was more than just a coincidence. He was once the pillar that held her up. She was too much for one to bare.

A three arced story that begins slowly as partially Comedy and Slice of life and rotates more towards Adventure and Dark in later chapters.

Some school fillies have to deal with school crushes. Others with bullies. Sometimes they have to deal with both. But no filly has ever had to deal with an Evil Tyrant being bound to their shadow and have the power to control their every action. This, of course, seems to be no big deal for Sweetie Belle who seems to even enjoy the stallion's company. Though the feelings aren't mutual. The small filly reminds the old king too much of a filly he used to know... Though it's strange the only place he'd seen her before are in these strange dreams of his. Recollections of a past he can't remember.

Perhaps Sweetie Belle will awake in him that version of himself before he was a Tyrant. Before he was labeled evil. A time from when he was a father. Perhaps she will help him forgive.

First featured on 9/4/2014!

The cover art was sketched by me and colored by the very talented Midnight Sonare

The concept seems like it could be fun,, but I only wish that the CMC don't abuse Sweetie's absolute control over him. Even if it's "funny" it's pretty much still mind rape. Remember the Imperio scene from Harry Potter? Mind magic is evil shit.

And wait a second. It looks like the tags changed from comedy to tragedy and sad while I was reading it. Hmmm...Well, this leaves me a bit less interested in the story, but I think I'll still keep an eye on it.

4941574 Yeah, I was messing with the tags looking for the combination that most accurately portrays the story but I think I messed up on it. It is supposed to be a comedy, but there are some sad bits too, and I can't have both tags on, so I just gave up half way and let it hang, ended up not reverting the tags back.

It's either that or him freezing Cheerilee in carbonite and conquering the class room.

Sombra: "I'm King Sombra and I will be your substitute teacher! Today, we're going to cover the basic principles of conquest, tyranny, and excessively long flights of stairs."AB: "Psst. Scoots, Sweetie! Why does Diamond Tiara look like she's in love?"

4946154"Now class, there are many way to deter your enemies from pursuing you or breaking into your cookie stash, such as trained Manticores, trap doors on the floors that lead to lava pits with spikes shooting out of the walls, for pegasi and unicorns of course. Good villains don't discriminate, unless that's their shtick of course. There is also the Spinning Tops of Doom(tm) that shoot lasers and flamethrowers, and finally, and most deadly, are the really, really long flights of stairs."

I can't wait to see where this goes! An absolutely excellent chapter. I wondered what Sombra would be like with Sweetie at school until I read the comment section and laughed my guts out. This is going to be fun, I can absolutely tell.

i got bullied most of my life, so seein this happen just fills my heart wih joy______________4955765 no, you think you do, but you dont.people would be hurt or killed, it would skyrocket local taxes in order to get the school fixed. and if it damaged the building so muh that it was deemed unsafe youd just go to another school father awayor be home schooled, and would put dozens of people into un employmentnot to mention it would screw up the entire districts school system, possibly ruining any atempt at succes for nearly hundreds of children.it would be an economic travesty that coild take atleast a decade, if not more, to fully repair